Klondyke completes purchase of Byrkley Garden Centre

The Klondyke Group has finally completed the purchase of Byrkley Garden Centre at Rangemore, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire from the Thompstone Brothers. See more...
Read more

Garden4Less Hit by Bosch / Amazon Scam

October 4 2010, by Robert OsborneM

Local Internet retailer Garden4Less has been hit by a unique online scam involving the Amazon website. See more...
Read more

Dobbies opens first Northern Irish centre

September 23 2010, by DobbiesM

On Friday 25th September 2010, Dobbies will welcome its first Northern Irish customers to a new 48,000sq ft Dobbies Garden World in Lisburn, Belfast – the company’s first centre in the Province. See more...
Read more

Glee New Product Awards 2010

September 20 2010, by GleeM

Pop-up rain barrel/water butt scoops triple honours in the Glee New Product Awards. For a list of winners see More...
Read more

National Conifer Week starts 2nd October

September 15 2010, by George BullivantM

The HTA’s PlantforLife campaign and British Conifer Group have produced banners and a merchandising guide to help retailers build eye-catching displays that will have gardeners up and down the country pining for British Conifers. See more...
Read more

Wi-Fi offered at 89 TGCG garden centres

September 10 2010, by The Garden Centre GroupM

Motorists keen to break their journeys to check their emails or use the Internet can now do so at 89 garden centres in The Garden Centre Group. See more...
Read more

Plants and garden furniture prop up Homebase

September 9 2010, by George BullivantM

Home Retail Group, the parent company for Argos and Homebase, warns that first half profits may be as much as 25% lower. It has been hit by declining margins and sales. See more…
Read more

‘A Great Achievement’ says Garden Centre Group chairman

September 2 2010, by George BullivantM

The 2009 results for The Garden Centre Group Limited have been released and show the extent of the restructuring undertaken in February 2009. Sales lifted 5%. See more...
Read more

Sinclair invites growers to join peat free trials

August 31 2010, by George BullivantM

William Sinclair is inviting professional growers to join trials of its alternative to peat, made from garden waste, and compare results with their usual growing media. See more…
Read more

Dobbies wins public support for Peterborough

August 23 2010, by George BullivantM

A plan to create a new Dobbies Garden Centre at Hampton, Peterborough, has been given overwhelming support by the public.
Read more

Dobbies team up with Hire Station

August 21 2010, by Peter DawsonM

Dobbies Internet operation Dobbies.com has teamed up with leading tool hire company Hire Station to offer over 2000 different tools. See more…
Read more

Councillors give go-ahead to Dobbies in Carlisle

August 12 2010, by George BullivantM

Carlisle councillors have approved the scaled down plans for a new Dobbies Garden Centre in Carlisle. It will be one of four new centres to open next spring. See more...
Read more

Scotts to return $500m to shareholders as profits rise

August 12 2010, by George BullivantM

Scotts Miracle-Gro doubles its dividend as third-quarter profits beat market expectations. There will also be a $500 million buyback of shares. See more...
Read more

Dobbies increases profit to £9.8m

August 6 2010, by George BullivantM

Figures just released for last year show that sales and gross margin increased at Dobbies. Sales reached £104m with pretax profits almost £10m. See more...
Read more

Administrators appointed at the Ceramic Gift Company

July 28 2010, by David MorrisM

The Ceramic Gift Company Limited regrets to announce that on July 23rd the company was placed into administration and Baker Tilly Restructuring & Recovery LLP was appointed as Administrator.
Read more

Whitehall buys Highfield Nurseries mail order

October 4 2010, by George BullivantM

Whitehall Garden Centre in Lacock, Wiltshire has bought the Highfield Nurseries mail order business and website. See more...
Read more

Ambitious plans for GardeningTV

September 30 2010, by George BullivantM

Gardening TV has new owners with ambitious plans to double the number of host garden centres within 12 months. See more...
Read more

John Robinson Houseplants moves and changes name to House Plants Direct

September 29 2010, by Golden Acres NurseryM

John Robinson Houseplants has moved from Romsey to West Parley, near Bournemouth International Airport, and has changed its name to House Plants Direct Ltd. See more...
Read more

Outrage at blatant copying at Glee

September 23 2010, by George BullivantM

Some of the most innovative companies in the garden industry have been outraged by blatant copying of their products at Glee. See more...
Read more

B&Q profits rise despite falling sales

September 16 2010, by George BullicantM

B&Q warned that the immediate outlook for consumer spending is fragile and is likely to remain challenging for some time. See more...
Read more

Results from Dobbies, Scotts, Garden & Leisure and ...

September 13 2010, by George Bullivant

Retailers dominate the latest results on Gardenforum including Dobbies, Blue Diamond UK, The Garden and Leisure Group and The Garden Centre Group, which we have already reported on. Also released are the latest from The Scotts Company (UK). See 'more' for a summary of the latest additions to Company Results... (This article is open to all readers)...
Read more

Grosvenor tops £6m

September 10 2010, by George BullivantM

Results from the Duke of Westminster’s Wheatsheaf Investments show that Grosvenor Garden Centre increased sales by 18% last year. See more...
Read more

Woodthorpe Hall buys Towneley GC

September 6 2010, by George BullivantM

The Woodthorpe Hall Group buys Towneley Garden Centre in Burnley from receivers, making it five garden centres in the group. See more...
Read more

Nova re-emerges at Glee

September 1 2010, by George BullivantM

Nova Garden Furniture is to re-emerge at Glee only 11 months after announcing that it would be winding down the business. See more...
Read more

Should we feed birds?

August 27 2010, by George BullivantM

More than half of people with gardens feed birds, says Which? Gardening. But are we hindering or helping our feathered friends, it asks. See more...
Read more

Sinclair strikes deal with Growing Success

August 23 2010, by George BullivantM

William Sinclair Horticulture has signed an open ended agreement with Monro Horticulture to distribute Growing Success products. The deal takes affect at GLEE. See more...
Read more

Most retailers results show profits increased in 2009

August 19 2010, by George Bullivant

2009 saw profit increases for Bents Garden Centre, Otter Nurseries, Polhill Garden Centre and OA Taylor & Sons Bulbs. There was a recovery in profits at Country Homes and Gardens, EP Barrus and Roundstone. See more for a summary of the latest additions to Company Results... (This article is open to all readers)...
Read more

RWAF targets retailers selling ‘cruel’ rabbit hutches

August 12 2010, by George BullivantM

The Rabbit Welfare Association & Fund (RWAF) is running a campaign against retailers who stock rabbit hutches that are smaller than the minimum standard. See more...
Read more

Two acquisitions for Flying Brands

August 11 2010, by George BullivantM

Despite a drop in sales, Flying Brands is optimistic. It is to resume the payment of dividends and has announced two more acquisitions to accelerate its transition into an online garden and gift retailer. See more...
Read more

New owner has great plans for Tayberry

August 2 2010, by George BullivantM

Clothing and footwear supplier, G. H. Tayberry and Co. has been bought by KSJ Knitwear, an international supplier of women's clothing. See more…
Read more

Contact us

Follow us on...

Newsletter

Sign up to our popular News and Product emails

Newsletter sign up...

Date:

Mon 19th Mar 2018

This form allows you to sign up for Gardenforum newsletters without paying to become a Gardenforum member. It will not give you access to members' premium content. If you want to know more about becoming a member, click here....